As Iraq pursues energy independence, the country's oil chief is streamlining the bureaucracy, crafting new investment incentives, and preparing to award mega-projects.
Interviews
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Iraq's largest state oil company is expanding production capacity and building new infrastructure as it waits out an OPEC quota.
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To recover from a devastating war, Iraq’s second-largest city needs a massive mobilization of resources and coherent planning and organization – but it’s getting neither.
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The 50,000 bpd Kirkuk refinery is set to produce more quantities of higher-quality gasoline and naphtha, thereby reducing the fuel oil that is exported.
Q&A: Hossam Hussein Wali, director general of the South Refineries Company
Iraq's largest refinery is set to expand by over 30 percent this year.
Q&A: Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency
After spearheading a major new survey of Iraq’s energy sector, the IEA’s executive director previews his key insights and policy recommendations.
Q&A: Bahaa Nima Abid, acting director of the Siba gas field
The first of federal Iraq's three gas fields awarded in a 2010 bidding round is now nearly ready for commercial production, helping the country become a sustainable producer of electricity.
Q&A: Ihsan Ismaael, Basra Oil Company director general
Basra's oil chief discusses efforts to protect Majnoon from flooding, plans for developing new capacity, and the field's place in Iraq's production strategy.
Q&A: Zardasht Shangali, commander of the YBS (Sinjar Resistance Units)
After deadly clashes with the Iraqi Army, the YBS leader discusses improved security coordination, a strategically important Syrian border crossing, and the future of Sinjar.
Q&A: Haider al-Abadi, former prime minister of Iraq
Five months after leaving office, Abadi reflects on Iraq's political landscape and his successor's handling of energy sector priorities.
Q&A: Nazm Dabakh, KRG representative to Iran
After Kurdistan abruptly stopped oil exports to Iran - and then quickly resumed them - the KRG's emissary to Tehran discusses bilateral relations in the age of renewed U.S. sanctions.
Q&A: Jabar Yawar, secretary general of the KRG Ministry of Peshmerga
Baghdad and KRG leaders are pursuing renewed security cooperation to defuse tensions in disputed territories and combat a persistent insurgency.
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